Cognitive and noncognitive predictors of academic difficulty and attrition

Academic Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 10 SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Cariaga Lo, Liza D ^a   Enarson, Cam E ^b   Crandall, Sonia J ^b   Zaccaro, Daniel J ^b   Richards, Boyd F ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CURRICULUM; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030784467     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199710001-00024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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